Desk calendar



March 20, 1945. F, BANNQN 2,371,944 v DESK CALENDAR Filed April 30, 1943 IN V EN TOR. 4

A TTORNEK Patented Mar. 20, 1945 ovidence, 1., :assignor to Application-Melisa, 194s; Serial No. 485,254 g My invention relates to desk calendars and rnore particularly to a desk icalenldar standy-in which a calendar pad made hp 'of successive sheets or leaves for successive days of 1 the year as, for example, one'for each day," is mounted on a base so that' the sheets or'leaves of the pad may be successively turned from one haltof'the base to the other to expose the'succ'essive leaves. Pads of the above type have *holdinganeans as; for example, a pair of wire 'archesextending upwardly from the base and threadedthroug'h.

correspondingly'spacedfholes inthelieaveSbffthia pad. When one pad is to be replaced by another to begin a new year; the wire arc'hes mustbe tilted toward ti-horizontal -po'sition.'- To enable "the 7 wire arches to'be thus tilted and ettheisame time to avoid a hingeabo'vlethe surface of 'th e pad, relatively long-slots must be formed toreceive one arm of the archesand thisha's the disadvantage of breaking'upthe corresponding part of the' baseon which theleaves of the pad are to rest. r

In my present invention Iprovide a construction in w hicli the pad holding arches-lare mo' ted' below the-upper surface "ofthesuppor e base and are so mounted that they may be tiir e'd to a horizontal position without "itheinecessity long slots or slots projecting substantiallyfbeg yond the axis of rotation o frthe arches.

"In my invention I providea base which be a plate of anysuitablematerialfhithermetallic or plastic material, or a'flbroiisinaterial such as that commonly known: as i lvlas bhite. Preferably the plate has the upper edge turned down to tilt'the surface upwardly "from its front edge, giving a'de'sirable inclination-to the surface of the base. On one half, for example the left half, of the base is provided a pair of narrow parallel slots substantially parallel to the lower edge of the base. Underneath the slots and clipped to the undersurface of the plate is a.

hinge element in which may be hinged the lower ends of one leg of each arch. The arches may be of any suitable form and are preferably formed of a single length of wire bent to form'a pintle part in the hinge element, extensions from opposite ends of the pintle part horizontally for a short distance below the slots, the e wardly through the slots a height somewhat greater than the thickness of the calendar pads. then arching downwardly through locking holes in the opposite half of the base as, for example. in the right hand half.

When the ends of the wire arches are released (o1. 4;b12o' v g I from the locking openings they maybe tilted on the "hinge jelern'eht; the short horizontal 'xtensions rising up through the' s'lots'jand' being "of such length that when they are vertical the" up right oryertic' alarm of'thearch will'lie'horizontallyflat againstjthe surface of the Base an the'calendarpad-"may then be removed] i'Ihe various'features of "the invention are illustrated,by way of e ample, inthe accompany ing drawing in' which I Fig. "-1 is a plan View of a desk calendar embb' n' mi l nti' n Fig? 215 a sideview'of the desk calendar;

"Fig Bits an inverted plan'ofthe calendar base;

' Fi g. 4,15 apart:verticalsectionon a'somewhat larger scale taken on'line 4- 4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a substantially horizontal section of a part of the base taken am ne '5*5 of Fig. 2;

ig'. dis a detailper'spectiveof a' clip comprising the hinge" elementlf' Infth e embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying" drawing, the base is formed of a' are" l'll having an upwardly tilted flat part H ex ndingfupwardly from the lower edge" l2 and then curve'd downwardly as'at I 3Yto' a' rear edge I4. The downward edge thus "formsj a' flange right-hand half of the base and the other part on the left-hand half. 7 v

The calendar pad indicated at 15 is provided, as is usual, with a pair of openings 16 and I! through which are threaded a pair of pad-holding elements or arches l8 and 19, one for each of the openings I6 and I 1 respectively. These holding elements l8 and I9 are so mounted on the base II that they may be tilted counterclockwise, as indicated in Fig. 4, to enable the calendar pad 15 to be inserted, removed and replaced.

Theseholding elements through. suitable slots 20 and 2| in the left half of the base, when viewed in its usual position, or in the opposite half as shown in Figs. 3 and 5,

and are hinged in a, hinge element or clip 22 as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 6. This hinge element I8 and 19 extend or clip is preferably made of metal and com-l prises a flat part 23 resting on the upper surface of the pad between the slots 20 and 2| and with downturned portions extending through these slots and bending reversely into extensions 24 and 25 which thereby clamp the part of the base between these hinges and secure the clip in position. t

Other parts 26 and 21 of the extension are separated from the parts 24 and 25 and spaced to receive'and hold a horizontal mid portion 28 of a wire forming the holding elements or arches l8 and IS. The part 28 rotates between the parts 24 and 2e and 25 and 21 in the man-t ner of a pintle or rock shaft. From the opposite ends of the pintle portion 28 the wires extend horizontally in short lengths 29 and 30 immediately beneath the slots 20 and 2| and then upwardly through the slots to form vertical exten sions 3| and 32. v

These extensions are arched at their upper ends and then extend vertically downwardly in lengths 33 which pass through locking openings 34 and 35 in the opposite halfof the base. The parts of the downturned arms 33 that extend into the locking openings 34 and 35 are notched as at 36, Fig. 4, so that when pushed into the openings 34 and released they look and hold the 1 same time'the base underneath the calendar sheets is continuous and free from slots throughout the entire writing area thereof. The construction is also one which may be made of a wide variety of material such as compressed fibers, plastics, etc., as well as metal.

What I claim is: 1

1. A desk calendar pad which comprises a base plate, a pair of spaced elongated openings in said base at one side of a median line, the longer dimensions of said openings being parallel and in a direction at a right angle to said median line, a. hinge element secured to said base plate above the upper surface and below the under surface of said base plate and a pair of spaced substantially parallel wire pad holders pivotally supported in said vhinge element, one of said holders extending horizontally below one of said elongated openings toward said median line then upwardly through one of said openings and above said plate and then bent downwardly over said median line and secured to said plate on the opposite side of said median line and the other of said holders extending horizontally below the other of said elongated openings toward said median line then upwardly through the other of said openings and above said plate and bent downwardly over said median line and secured to said plate on the opposite side of said median line whereby said padholders may 'be released and tilted on said hinge element to swing the horizontal parts of said holders upwardly through their respective openings and to swing the upwardly extending parts downward to the upper surface of said plate.

' 2. A desk calendar pad which comprises a base plate; a pair of spaced elongated openings in said base at one side of a median line, the longer dimensions of said openings being parallel and in a direction at a rightangle to said median line, a hinge element secured to said base'plate above the upper surface and under the lower surface of said plate between said openings and toward'the end of said openings farthest from said median line, said hinge element having parts extending through said openings to secure 1 said hinge-element to said plate and a pair of calendar pad holders comprising a single Wire pivoted in said hinge element one pad holder extending on one side of said hinge element below one of said elongated openings toward said median line then upwardly through one of said openings and above said plate and bent downwardly over said median line and secured to the plate on the opposite side of said median line, the other pad holder extending on one side of said hinge element below the. other of said elongated openings toward said median line then upwardly through the other of said openingsand above said plate and bent downwardly over said median line and secured to said plate on the opposite side-of said median line, whereby the two parts of said wire on opposite sides of said hingeelement may be tilted to swing the horizontally extending parts of said wires upwardly through their respective openings and to swing the upwardly extending arts downwardly to the upper surface of said plate.

3. The pad of claim 1 in which the free ends of said pad holders are notched and in which the base plate has openings to receive the ends of said holders and to engage said notches.

JOHN F., BANNON. 

